Boy&#39;s wagon.



No. 734,783. V PATBNTED JULY 28, 1903.

J. WEBER.

BOY'S WAGON.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 20, 1903.

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f PATENT Patented. July 28, 1903.

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JOHN WEBER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO THE TOLEDO METAL WHEELCOMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BOYS WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,783, dated. July28, 1903.

Application filed May 20, 1903. Serial No. 157,898. (No man To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN WVEBER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boys Wagons, ofwhich the following is, a specification, referencebeing had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates more especially to improvements in wagonrunning-gear especially designed for a boys wagon; and the inc ventionconsists in certain details of construction, all as more fullyhereinafter described,

and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a boys wagon embodying my construction; Fig. 2, a. detachedplan of the lower portion of the front running-gear. Fig. 3 is avertical section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represens detached perspective viewsof the coupling members of the front running-gear. Fig. 5 is across-section on line x m, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation ofthe rear running-gear. Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line y y, Fig. 6.

A is the wagon-body, mounted upon front and rear axles B O, which arepieces of round iron bar of suitable length, preferably threaded upontheirouter ends and provided with nuts Ct to hold the wheels in placethereon. The running-gear, upon which the body is mounted, consists ofseparate front and rear portions, each forming a three-point support forthe opposite ends of the; body, respectively. The front portion embodiesan axleplate D, extending laterally of the front axle andhavin'g acentrally-raised enlarged middle portion forming a disk-shaped coupling"member I) and provided with a central circular aperture 0, which isopened out rearwardly. This axle-plate is formed of a sheetmetal blankshaped between dies, whereby the central portion or disk is elevatedabove the extremities of the plate, as shown, and these extremities areshaped concave, so as v to fit the upper face of the front axle andsupport the plate thereon on both sides of the center of the axle.

E E are two tongue-irons, between the f0rward extremities of which thetongue F is pivoted by a pin or bolt (1 in the usual manner. Eachtongue-iron is made of a piece of flat bar-iron, the rear end of whichis formed into a clip e, adapted to embrace the front axle, togetherwith that portion of the axleplate supported thereon, and the axle-plateand tongue-irons are firmly secured to the axle by compressing theseclips around the parts between suitable dies, so as to 'shape them inconformity thereto, and by securing the open ends of the clips togetherby rivets J. For further security against displacement one or moreindentations, as g, may be formed in the clip by means of a suitablepunch after the parts are secured together, as described.

Intermediate between the clip and the front extremity each tongue-ironis twisted and bent to bring the extremities of the iron into thedesired relation to the parts to which they are secured. The tongue isthus directly secured by these irons to the front axle in a horizontalplane with the axis thereof.

The axle-plate may be made much shorter than the distance between thetwo front wheels, and to retain these wheels, which are sleeved directlyupon the outer ends of the axle, in position thereon one or more lugs hare raised thereon from the axle itself.

' The disk b'of the axle-plate forms the lower member of a fifth-wheel,the upper member of which is formed by a similar disk t', providedaround the front part of its periphery with a depending fiangej and uponits under side with a smaller plate 7c, separated therefrom .by acircular neck adapted to permit of coupling the two members together andform a swivel connection, all as described in my former patent, No.726,598, of April 28, 1903.

Upon the top of the disk are secured diverging braces Z, secured attheir upper extremlties to the under side of the body and forming inconnection with the disk 4; a supporting-bench for the front end of thebody.

The rear portion of the running-gear is formed by means of twoinwardly-inclined pedestals or, formed of pieces of flat bar-iron, eachbent at its upper extremity in parallelism with the under side of thebody and secured thereto by a bolt 01 and at its lower extremity tointersect the axle at a right angle. The lower extremities of thesepedestals are apertured to receive the rear axle, and they and with oneextremity suitably bent and apertured to engage the axle and the otherto lie flat against the under side of the body, to which it-is suitablysecured. By this manner of construction the running-gear for a boyswagon is more cheaply constructed, as it comprises but few and simpleparts, all of which are formed of commercial iron with the use of simpletools and ordinary skill in using the same, the construction being alsocomparatively lighter and stronger and requiring less material thanformer constructions. In the drawings I have shown my invention asparticularly employed to what is called in the trade a boysexpress-wagon; but it is applicable for wagons of all kinds belonging tothis class of merchandise.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a boyswagon, a running-gear combining in its front portion a front axle, anaxleplate extending over the middle portion thereof and supportedthereon on its extremities only the portion between being raised aboveand. forming the lower member of a swivel connection and tongue-ironsformed of flat bars pivotally supporting the tongue between theirforward extremities and having their rear extremities bent to form clipsand fastened around the axle and the. extremities of the axle-plate torigidly bind the parts together.

2. In a boys wagon, a running-gear combining in its front portion, afront axle, an axleplate extending lengthwise over the central portionthereof and formed with a central elevated portion and with extremitiesconforming to the upper face of the axle and seated thereon andtongue-irons extending forwardly from the axle and pivotally supportingthe tongue between their forward extremities said tongue-irons formed offlat bars having their rear extremities turned into axle-clips andfastened around the axle and the extremities of the axle-platerespectively to bind the parts together.

3. In aboys wagon, a running-gear combining in its front portion a frontaxle, an axleplate extending lengthwise over the middle portion thereofand supported thereon at its extremities, the portion between saidextremities being elevated and forming the lower member of a swivelconnection, and tongueirons formed of flat bars having their rearextremities bent around the axle and the extremities of the axle-platerespectively and forming clips by means of which the parts are rigidlyfastened together, the forward extremities of said tongue-irons beingbrought into alinement with the tongue for pivotally supporting the samebetween them by twisting and bending said irons between theirextremities.

4. In a boys wagon, arunning-gear combining in its front portion, afront axle formed of a round bar upon the extremities of which the frontwheels are journaled, an axle-plate thereon integrally formed withconcaveshaped extremities to fit the top of the axle and with a centralraised disk-shaped portion forming the lower member of a swivelconnection, a bench secured to the under side of the wagon-body andprovided with a baseplate forming the upper member of said swivelconnection, tongue-irons secured to the forward axle at their rearextremities and forming forwardly-projecting hounds between the forwardextremities of which the tongue is pivotally secured, said tongue-ironsformed of fiat bars having their rear extremities formed into clipsfastened around the front axle and the extremities of the axle-platerespectively to bind said axle-plate to the axle, said clips beingpressed into conformity with the parts inclosed therein closed by arivet and secured-by forming an indentation therein, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a boys wagon, a running-gear wholly constructed of iron ofcommercial shapes, the same embodying in its construction front and rearaxles formed of round bar-iron upon the extremities of which the wheelsare journaled, pedestals formed of fiat iron bars and supporting therear end of the wagon-box upon the rear wheels, said pedestals beingapertured upon their lower ends to receive the rear axle and beingfastened thereon adjacent to the wheel-hubs substantially as describedand a front portion comprising a bench formed of fiat bars secured tothe under side of the wagon-body respectively and of a base-plateforming the upper member of a swivel connection, an axle-plate having acentrally-raised portion cooperating with the base-plate of the bench toform a swivel connection and having its extremities shaped to fit thetop of the front axle and tongue-irons formed of fiat bars having theirrear extremities turned into clips and fastened around the front axleand the extremities of the axleplate respectively and twisted and bentin their middle portion to form forwardly-pie jecting hounds adapted topivotally support the tongue between their forward extremities.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WEBER.

Witnesses JOHN N. SNEIDER, O. M; ANDERSEN.

